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Relationships (Edexcel GCSE)

‘Love’s Dog’ is a poem by Jen Hadfield, which explores the idea of love in an interesting and unique way, considering what the most important aspects of love are and how loving someone includes accepting flaws and imperfections. By avoiding… Continue Learning »

‘Valentine’ by Carol Ann Duffy is a humorous poem, which explores the concept of love, likening it to an onion. The poem has an unusual structure to match its unusual subject matter, and uses a variety of literary techniques. Duffy… Continue Learning »

‘1st Date – She’ and ‘1st Date – He’ are poems by Wendy Cope, which are the two perspectives of the same first date, from both a man and woman. It is originally from her 2011 collection ‘Family Values’. The… Continue Learning »

‘i wanna be yours’ is a humorous poem by John Cooper Clarke, which explores the infatuation of the narrator with their romantic interest. John Cooper Clarke is a performance poet who first released several albums in the 1970s and 1980s,… Continue Learning »

‘Nettles’ by Vernon Scannell uses images from war and conflict to describe a patch of stinging nettles and how they hurt his son. Scannell is a former soldier whose work often includes representations and descriptions normally associated with war, using… Continue Learning »

‘The Manhunt (Laura’s Poem)’ by Simon Armitage explores the impact of the experience of war on a soldier, and in turn his relationship with his wife, and his ability to connect with others. Armitage is a Yorkshire-born poet whose early… Continue Learning »

‘One Flesh’ is a poem by Elizabeth Jennings, in which an individual’s intrigue towards the passionless marriage of their parents is explored with a sad and nostalgic tone. The narrator observes the physical and emotional separation or their parents. Jennings was… Continue Learning »